Cold-storage construction.



No. OOO 427. PAT NT J A. JAVEY- E En UNB O, 1908 OOLO STORAGE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION IILIID AUG. 22, 1906.

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L.) 41 a L Z O Irl au M w ad PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. A. JAVEY.

GOLD STORAGE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 190s.

NI 514.0@ nto@ No. 890,427. PATENTBD JUNE 9, 1908. A. JAVBY.

`COLD STORAGE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1906.

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ANDRE' JAVEY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

. COLD-STQRAGE CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed. August 22, 1906. Serial No. 331,668.

To ,all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDR JAVEY, a citizen of the Republic of France, a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cold-Storage Construction, of which the following is a specication.

My Iinvention relates to the construction of cold storage. establishments specially intended for storing inefabrics, wearingV apparel, furs, fur garments, and other articles of a perishable nature. Heretofore, such storage compartments have been built as part and parcel of the structure in which they were contained, the insulating portion of the cold-room being applied directly to the outer walls of the buildings. As these were exposed to the outside tem erature, the heat thus gathered was gra ually conducted through the material constituting the walls or through the beams toward and into the cold-room. At the same time, the coldair from the inside had a tendency to ass outward and toward the insulation wa ls of the cold-room and, coming in contact with the warm air, caused a degree of condensation which settled inside of the cold-room endangering the goods contained therein.

The object of my invention is to provide an arrangement which not only minimizes' the danger of condensation inside of the coldroom, but furnishes other advantages which will be explained below.

' Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional plan through 1-1 of Fig. 2, with bottom layer of insulating material removed to show channels and blocks in the concrete base. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through 3 8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an outside elevation of neutral chamber, showing the paneling.

In the drawings, a, is a cold-storage room completely independent from the walls Aof the building Z1, in which it is contained and having all around it a neutral space c, in which air is caused to circulate freely', entering through the inlet pipe t, and being eX- hausted by the fan s Fig. 2, thus preventing all access of outside warm air to the coldroom and consequently doing away with condensation.

The cold-room a, consists of a frame work upon which are stretched several layers of insulating material d, care being taken to overlap all joints so as to have a practically continuous `covering on all sides. The cold.- room may consist of one or more stories accessible from the floors of the building in `which it is contained.

Refrigerated air is circulated in the coldroom by means of ingress pipes p, and egress ipes g, the ingress and egress being regulpated by registers as usual. f

In order to obtain a perfect separationof the cold-room structure from the main building, I provide a base e, upon which to place it, said base containing channels f, running parallel to the sides, sufficient plane surfaces g, being reserved upon which to rest the cold-room. This base may be a solid concrete structure with channels molded into it so as to admit air, or it may be a series of separate supporting blocks. Around the entire cold-room, and at a suflicient dis` tance from the insulating walls of the coldf room to allow a man to move with ease, I construct an outer wall 7L, consisting mainly of removable anels, preferably coated with asbestos or other fireproof material, as at j. In this manner I provide apermanent continuous passage for air currents all around the cold-room, forming what`may be termed a neutral chamber.

The advantages to be derived from such a construction are obvious. Air may be introduced at the bottom and withdrawn at vthe top by natural draft, or it Amay be forced in by means of fans or pumpsV or exhaustedl in the same manner. The temperature of the air in the neutral chamber may be regulated to a nicety by the introduction of articial heat, either by dry warm air or .by av system of steam or hot water pipes k, or it may be cooled by the introduction of brine pipes 1, or any other known means. the live air contained in the neutral chamber can be regulated to meet al1-atmospheric conditions so that it will form as complete vprotection as possible against condensa-tion in the inside of the cold-room. Any condensation occurring in the neutral chamber may be easily attended to, since its outer wall is made of paneling which can be removed so as to allow free examination of any portion of the outside of the wallsof the cold-l room. l' Y In order to protect the cold-room from In fact'V ire, I provide a system of automatic sprinklers n, at the top of the neutral chamber so that it may be floodedpat the proper time, thus preserving the contents of the coldroom from destruction.

Ante-rooms m, m, having doors m2, m are provided at convenient points so that on entering the cold-room, direct access of the outside air is prevented. Ante-rooms 7, having doors r, r2, lead into the neutral chamber. This provision of ante-rooms leading into the neutral chamber and cold room, together with the neutral chamber itself provide means whereby the graduations -of temperature through which the goods pass in proceeding from the room A to the cold room a may be nicely regulated. The gap between the outer Wall of the neutral space and the insulating wall of the coldroom may be bridged over by a draw-bridge as at o, which when withdrawn will oHer no obstruction to the streams of water playing around the cold-room in case of fire.

As the cold-room and its surrounding neutral chamber are entirely disconnected from the outer walls of the building the floor space between the outer paneling and these walls as at A, can be utilized for the handling and preparation of the merchandise to be placed in storage.

What I claim is:

l. In a cold storage construction, an inner cold room having a wall composed of insulating material, a chamber surrounding the sides and topof said cold room, the walls of said chamber being inclosed by the walls of a building, and means for regulating the temperature and causing a circulation of air in said chamber.

2. In a cold storage construction, an inner cold room having a wall composed of insulating material, a chamber surrounding the sides and top of said cold room, the walls of said chamber being composed of removable panels and said walls being inclosed by the' walls of a building, and means for regulating the temperature and causing a circulation of r air in' said chamber.

In testimony whereof, I have set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ANDRE JAVEY. Witnesses:

C. BERNARD, H. MrNo'r. 

